Hetty Pit

Bailey, John, 22 Oct 1904, 4 a.m., aged 26, Repairer, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 4 ft. by 3 ft. by 18 ins. thick, fell as deceased was clearing a fall. The repairer knocked out some props from under the "rippings" of a stall and deceased and another man were clearing the rubbish which consequently fell, when the accident occurred. The bringing down of the rippings evidently caused the roof above to become uneasy. Four feet seam

Brain, James, 18 Dec 1900, 9 p.m., aged 30, Labourer, Fall of roof. At face, coal, 18 ft. x 12 ft. x 15 ins. thick, while he was stowing rubbish. Four feet seam

Butcher, Fred, 02 Jan 1924, 2.45 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 56, Ripper, He was standing on a temporary staging placed upon an empty tram, in order to steady the arm of a pair of timber when in position. He fell off the staging and the arm fell on him, causing such injuries that he died later in the day. Oil flame safety lamp used

Coynd, Joseph, 17 Oct 1908, aged 27, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal and shale, 9 feet by 3 feet by 4 feet thick, fell from between two smooth slips. Deceased had set a sprag against it, and was holing under the coal, when it crushed the sprag out, and injured deceased so badly that he died soon after. Two feet nine seam

Devonport, William, 11 Jul 1913, (accident: 28 Mar 1913), aged 40, Roadsman, As the last tram of coal was being raised, before sending up the men, at the end of the shift, a shackle, which had been sent up on the top of the full tram, fell off and down the shaft. The shackle first fell on the top of the cage, at bottom of shaft, then it struck deceased and another man who were waiting at the pit bottom. Died July 11th, 1913

Evans, William, 12 Mar 1914, (accident: 11 Mar 1914), aged 48, Collier, Fall of coal, side, at the working face as he was preparing to put up a post. He died the following day from his injuries

Gough, George, 08 Jan 1907, 4.15 p.m., aged 44, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal, 11 ft. by 2 ft. by 40 ins. thick, fell off a face slip. It was said to have been supported by four sprags, which must have either been badly set, or he must have disturbed them. Two-feet-nine seam

Grubb, William, 26 Jun 1909, aged 30, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal and shale, 14½ feet by 1½ feet by 3 feet thick, which had been overhanging about 15 inches, fell on deceased as he was holing under the middle coal. It was unspragged. Two feet nine seam

Harris, John, 28 Apr 1908, aged 22, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 9½ feet by 12 feet by 20 inches thick. As deceased was spragging the wheels of two trams, which were being drawn by a horse round a turn, the front tram got off the rails, and knocked out two pairs of timber, which, with the roof they had been supporting, fell on and killed deceased. There was nothing to be seen to account for the derailing of the tram

Horman, Thomas, 29 Jul 1908, aged 53, Labourer, Fall of side. At face, coal and shale, 5 feet by 18 inches by 5 feet thick, fell off the vertical face, knocked deceased down, and his skull was fractured against a newly laid gob wall. Death was instantaneous. He and a repairer were stowing rubbish preparatory to shifting the road in a Barry face. Two teet nine seam

Lloyd, Evan, 24 Mar 1902, 9.30 p.m., aged 27, Ripper, Fall of side. On road, cliff, 12 ft. by 10 ins. by 28 ins. thick, fell from a smooth "slip" in the side. Deceased and his partner were cutting bottom. Roof and sides were unsupported. Two fest nine seam

Lock, Albert, 23 Aug 1924, (accident: 21 Aug 1924, 6.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 18, Assistant Hitcher, He was in the act of inserting sprags in a journey of full trams which were being lowered by a rope to the pit bottom, when he slipped and was crushed between the first tram of the moving journey and a stationary full tram on the pit parting. He died from his injuries on the 23rd August. Electric safety lamp used

Morgan, Reginald, 20 Jun 1924, (accident: 02 Jun 1924, 7.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 14, Collier Boy, He was pushing an empty tram towards the face of the stall road when he fell and knocked his face against the end of the tram. Septic poisoning set in and he died on the 20th June. Oil flame safety lamp used

Morgan, William, 05 Jun 1914, aged 54, Collier, Fall of coal in working place

Morgan, William George, 29 Mar 1924, (accident: 20 Mar 1924, 5.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 14, Collier Boy, He and the collier were sitting down one on each side of the tram in the face of the stall road, eating their meal. A piece of roof at the edge of the rippings started dribbling and the boy got up. As he was walking towards the collier, he was caught by a stone, which fell from a false slip in front and a weakness — due to old workings — on the gob side. He died from his injuries on 29th March. Electric safety lamp used

Prosser, Arthur J., 10 Dec 1901, aged 20, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal, 5 ft. by 2 ft by 6 ft. thick, which he was pulling down, fell and crushed him against a prop. Four feet seam

Sturges, Frederick, 03 Oct 1907, 1.30 a.m., aged 37, Labourer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 5 ft. by 17 ins. by 12 ins. thick, fell as deceased and a repairer were clearing a fall, in order to put an "arm" in. The hole was 14 ft. high, and the loose stone that fell must have escaped the attention of the repairer when he examined the roof half an hour before the accident. Six-feet seam

Tabritt, Arthur, 21 Jun 1913, aged 33, Timberman, Fall of roof on road while repairing. While clearing rubbish from a fall, a collar broke above him, letting down a fall which killed him

Terry, Alfred, 22 Jan 1912, aged 22, Labourer, Suffocation by natural gas [More information ...]

Thomas, Enoch, 09 Oct 1894, aged 57, Cartman, While unloading his cart the horse bolted throwing him out of the cart against the base of the chimney stack

Thompson, John, 08 Oct 1907, 10 p.m., aged 45, Hitcher, Deceased's duty was to take the empty trams out of the cage. About 10 a.m. the cage landed at the bottom, when it was found that the forks that keep the trams in position were not acting, and deceased took a bar to prize them up, when a piece of stone or coal fell down from the cage that had just reached the surface, and struck him on his back, fracturing his spine. He died in about four hours from shock and loss of blood from a wound in the back

Welsh, Edward C., 22 Jan 1912, aged 27, Labourer, Suffocation by natural gas [More information ...]

White, Maurice, 03 Nov 1909, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, fireclay, 8 feet by 2½ feet by 8 inches thick, part of rippings, fell on him as he was filling coal. He had neglected to set a mid-road post under the rippings. Two feet-nine seam